Sveigdir’s Family Tree

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Family

• Vana(spouse),Vanlandi(child)— Marriage

  Sveigðir married the woman Vana during his sojourn in Vanaheim, and she bore him a son, Vanlandi, who succeeded his father as the third Yngling king of Sweden.

• Fjolnir(parent)

  Sveigðir succeeded his father Fjölnir as king of the Yngling dynasty in Sweden, according to the Ynglinga saga and the skaldic poem Ynglingatal.

Member of

• Ynglings

  The Yngling dynasty traces its descent from Freyr through the legendary Swedish kings Fjölnir, Sveigðir, Vanlandi, Vísburr, and Domaldi, as catalogued in Ynglingatal and Ynglinga saga.

Associated with

• Asgard

  Sveigðir's quest was to find Asgard, the dwelling-place of the old gods. He never reached it; instead a dwarf lured him into a boulder with the false promise that Odin awaited within.

• Odin

  Sveigðir swore an oath to find Odin and Goðheimr. A dwarf at a boulder promised him that Odin waited within, luring Sveigðir inside before the stone closed behind him forever.

• Vanaheim

  Sveigðir traveled to Vanaheim during his quest for the old gods. He married a woman there and fathered Vanlandi before continuing his journey, as told in the Ynglinga saga.